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This site consists of transcriptions of the pages from the journals of James Temple Redd, 1815-1878, who lived in Caroline County, Virginia.
There are a total of 10 journals covering the years from 1843 to 1878.
Note: In the transcripts, we indicated illegible words with ??. Our explanatory comments or clarifications are included in brackets [ ].
Journal January 1843 to December 1843
| January 1843 | May 1843 | September 1843 |
| February 1843 | June 1843 | October 1843 |
| March 1843 | July 1843 | November 1843 |
| April 1843 | August 1843 | December 1843 |
Journal January 1844 to December 1844
| January 1844 | May 1844 | September 1844 |
| February 1844 | June 1844 | October 1844 |
| March 1844 | July 1844 | November 1844 |
| April 1844 | August 1844 | December 1844 |
Journal January 1845 to December 1845
| January 1845 | May 1845 | September 1845 |
| February 1845 | June 1845 | October 1845 |
| March 1845 | July 1845 | November 1845 |
| April 1845 | August 1845 | December 1845 |
Journal January 1846 to December 1846
| January 1846 | May 1846 | September 1846 |
| February 1846 | June 1846 | October 1846 |
| March 1846 | July 1846 | November 1846 |
| April 1846 | August 1846 | December 1846 |
Journal January 1847 to November 1847
| January 1847 | May 1847 | September 1847 |
| February 1847 | June 1847 | October 1847 |
| March 1847 | July 1847 | November 1847 |
| April 1847 | August 1847 | December 1847 is missing |
Journal January 1848 to December 1848
| January 1848 | May 1848 | September 1848 |
| February 1848 | June 1848 | October 1848 |
| March 1848 | July 1848 | November 1848 |
| April 1848 | August 1848 | December 1848 |
Journal January 1849 to December 1849
| January 1849 | May 1849 | September 1849 |
| February 1849 | June 1849 | October 1849 |
| March 1849 | July 1849 | November 1849 |
| April 1849 | August 1849 | December 1849 |
Journal January 1850 to December 1850
| January 1850 | May 1850 | September 1850 |
| February 1850 | June 1850 | October 1850 |
| March 1850 | July 1850 | November 1850 |
| April 1850 | August 1850 | December 1850 |
Journal January 1851 to December 1851
| January 1851 | May 1851 | September 1851 |
| February 1851 | June 1851 | October 1851 |
| March 1851 | July 1851 | November 1851 |
| April 1851 | August 1851 | December 1851 |
Journal January 1852 to December 1852
| January 1852 | May 1852 | September 1852 |
| February 1852 | June 1852 | October 1852 |
| March 1852 | July 1852 | November 1852 |
| April 1852 | August 1852 | December 1852 |
Journal January 1853 to December 1853
| January 1853 | May 1853 | September 1853 |
| February 1853 | June 1853 | October 1853 |
| March 1853 | July 1853 | November 1853 |
| April 1853 | August 1853 | December 1853 |
Journal January 1854 to December 1854
| January 1854 | May 1854 | September 1854 |
| February 1854 | June 1854 | October 1854 |
| March 1854 | July 1854 | November 1854 |
| April 1854 | August 1854 | December 1854 |
Journal January 1855 to December 1855
| January 1855 | May 1855 | September 1855 |
| February 1855 | June 1855 | October 1855 |
| March 1855 | July 1855 | November 1855 |
| April 1855 | August 1855 | December 1855 |
Journal January 1856 to December 1856
| January 1856 | May 1856 | September 1856 |
| February 1856 | June 1856 | October 1856 |
| March 1856 | July 1856 | November 1856 |
| April 1856 | August 1856 | December 1856 |
Journal January 1857 to December 1857
| January 1857 | May 1857 | September 1857 |
| February 1857 | June 1857 | October 1857 |
| March 1857 | July 1857 | November 1857 |
| April 1857 | August 1857 | December 1857 |
Journal January 1858 to December 1858
| January 1858 | May 1858 | September 1858 |
| February 1858 | June 1858 | October 1858 |
| March 1858 | July 1858 | November 1858 |
| April 1858 | August 1858 | December 1858 |
Journal January 1859 to December 1859
| January 1859 | May 1859 | September 1859 |
| February 1859 | June 1859 | October 1859 |
| March 1859 | July 1859 | November 1859 |
| April 1859 | August 1859 | December 1859 |
Journal January 1860 to December 1860
| January 1860 | May 1860 | September 1860 |
| February 1860 | June 1860 | October 1860 |
| March 1860 | July 1860 | November 1860 |
| April 1860 | August 1860 | December 1860 |
Journal January 1861 to December 1861
| January 1861 | May 1861 | September 1861 |
| February 1861 | June 1861 | October 1861 |
| March 1861 | July 1861 | November 1861 |
| April 1861 | August 1861 | December 1861 |
Journal January 1862 to December 1862
| January 1862 | May 1862 | September 1862 |
| February 1862 | June 1862 | October 1862 |
| March 1862 | July 1862 | November 1862 |
| April 1862 | August 1862 | December 1862 |
Journal January 1863 to December 1863
| January 1863 | May 1863 | September 1863 |
| February 1863 | June 1863 | October 1863 |
| March 1863 | July 1863 | November 1863 |
| April 1863 | August 1863 | December 1863 |
Journal January 1864 to December 1864
| January 1864 | May 1864 | September 1864 |
| February 1864 | June 1864 | October 1864 |
| March 1864 | July 1864 | November 1864 |
| April 1864 | August 1864 | December 1864 |
Journal January 1865 to December 1865
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| January 1865 | May 1865 | September 1865 |
| February 1865 | June 1865 | October 1865 |
| March 1865 | July 1865 | November 1865 |
| April 1865 | August 1865 | December 1865 |
Journal January 1866 to December 1866
| January 1866 | May 1866 | September 1866 |
| February 1866 | June 1866 | October 1866 |
| March 1866 | July 1866 | November 1866 |
| April 1866 | August 1866 | December 1867 |
Journal January 1867 to December 1867
| January 1867 | May 1867 | September 1867 |
| February 1867 | June 1867 | October 1867 |
| March 1867 | July 1867 | November 1867 |
| April 1867 | August 1867 | December 1867 |
Journal January 1868 to December 1868
| January 1868 | May 1868 | September 1868 |
| February 1868 | June 1868 | October 1868 |
| March 1868 | July 1868 | November 1868 |
| April 1868 | August 1868 | December 1868 |
Journal January 1869 to December 1869
| January 1869 | May 1869 | September 1869 |
| February 1869 | June 1869 | October 1869 |
| March 1869 | July 1869 | November 1869 |
| April 1869 | August 1869 | December 1869 |
Journal January 1870 to December 1870
| January 1870 | May 1870 | September 1870 |
| February 1870 | June 1870 | October 1870 |
| March 1870 | July 1870 | November 1870 |
| April 1870 | August 1870 | December 1870 |
Journal January 1871 to December 1871
| January 1871 | May 1871 | September 1871 |
| February 1871 | June 1871 | October 1871 |
| March 1871 | July 1871 | November 1871 |
| April 1871 | August 1871 | December 1871 |
Journal January 1872 to December 1872
| January 1872 | May 1872 | September 1872 |
| February 1872 | June 1872 | October 1872 |
| March 1872 | July 1872 | November 1872 |
| April 1872 | August 1872 | December 1872 |
Journal January 1873 to December 1873
| January 1873 | May 1873 | September 1873 |
| February 1873 | June 1873 | October 1873 |
| March 1873 | July 1873 | November 1873 |
| April 1873 | August 1873 | December 1873 |
Journal January 1874 to December 1874
| January 1874 | May 1874 | September 1874 |
| February 1874 | June 1874 | October 1874 |
| March 1874 | July 1874 | November 1874 |
| April 1874 | August 1874 | December 1874 |
Journal January 1875 to December 1875
| January 1875 | May 1875 | September 1875 |
| February 1875 | June 1875 | October 1875 |
| March 1875 | July 1875 | November 1875 |
| April 1875 | August 1875 | December 1875 |
Journal January 1876 to December 1876
| January 1876 | May 1876 | September 1876 |
| February 1876 | June 1876 | October 1876 |
| March 1876 | July 1876 | November 1876 |
| April 1876 | August 1876 | December 1876 |
Journal January 1877 to December 1877
| January 1877 | May 1877 | September 1877 |
| February 1877 | June 1877 | October 1877 |
| March 1877 | July 1877 | November 1877 |
| April 1877 | August 1877 | December 1877 |
Note: On the original journals, the daily weather entries were indicated by quadrants of a circle. We believe the weather listings start with the top left (early morning) and end with night at bottom left.
Some definitions of words found in journals.
Poly = Poorly
Hogshead = a large cask
Faning Wheat = winnowing wheat
Roler = axles for wagons, carts, etc
Scollars = Sunday School Class Students
Note that spellings are not consistent throughout. Apologies for typos we may have introduced